Israeli education vis-à-vis the Palestinians, by Nurit Peled-Elhanan, 15. April 2009, Vienna, Austria
Lecture by Nurit Peled-Elhanan Nurit Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli peace activist. She is a lecturer in language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and member of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a platform for dialogue and co-operation between Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost relatives because of attacks of violence on both sides. Her daughter, Smadar, was the victim of a suicide bombing in Jerusalem in September 1997. Nurit Peled-Elhanan is a laureate of the 2001 Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and Freedom of Speech, awarded by the European Parliament, which she shared with the Palestinian writer, the late Izzat Ghazzawi. As a professor of education Peled-Elhanan has conducted extensive research on the textbooks used in Israel. She is involved with the new association ICEO (International Committee on Education and Occupation), a joint educational project called Education as Dialogue, which she co-chairs with Professor Sami Adwan of Bethlehem University. Her lecture will be given in English and a German translation will also be available, if necessary. Time: Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 19.30 hours Place: Albert Schweitzer Haus 1090 Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 13 Organizers: Women in Black (Vienna) / Frauen in Schwarz (Wien), www.fraueninschwarz.at Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East (EJJP-Austria) / Jüdische Stimme für einen gerechten Frieden in Nahost (EJJP-Österreich), www.nahostfriede.at Society for Austro-Arab Relations / Gesellschaft für Österreichisch-Arabische Beziehungen, www.saar.at